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REPORT


                                          OX THE


                            TRADE OF MASKAT


                                  for the year 1911-12.

                [ By Major S. G. Knox, C.I.E., IIis Britannic Majesty's Consul, Masqat.]


         Introduction.— jlfskat is tlie capital and t’:c   The following arc the average rated ruling ia the
       principal port of ihe Sultanate cf Oman, whira  local market in each month for the past three
       coniprises a portico of the EOcth-caEtera and camera  years :—
       coast of Arabia up to the entrance to the Persian
        Gulf.
         Maskat id the only port of call for steamers in
       Oman, but as the town lies at the end of a core   Month.
       6-jmmnded by huge rocky hill*, it has no nunn.* of   1KO-10.  1910-11.  1911-12.
       communication with the inlc-rnr. The neighbouring1
       tuwn of Matrah, about 2 milc-3 up the coast, sup­
       plies this want, and ia the local centre for trade -with   Be.  Ba.   R«.
       the interior.                         April .          12S*   132*    13 I
                                             Maj .           129*    132*    137*
         Currency.—The currency cf tto country is the  Juno «  129,  13-'*A  Hit
       Maria Theresa dollar and the debased copper ccin  July .  132J  S3    143*
       minted in 1895 to the order of His Highnesa the   Angnat  134*        143 j
                                             September       133     132 ft  112*
       Sultan. Sovereigns and British Indian coiius sre  October  130        ItOf
       also current in Maskat and Matrah. In the interior  November  131     1391
       these coins are exchanged at a discount  Docomber     12$*    133*    141 *
                                                             131*
                                             January
                                                                     134
         Trade accounts are kept in Mahomadia and Gaf,   February  129*  131  142
       imaginary coins. There are two kinds of Mohomaci?,   March  127*  134.V  142}
       black and white. Black 2G£=1 dollar and white
       111=1 dollar. The white b used in wholesale inde
       accounts and the black for fruits, vegetables, etc.
       Most Hundb from India show their face voice in   # Weights and Measure*.—There are two different
       Idaho madis and not in rupees.        kinds of these—;one for the Sultan’s Customs, and
                                             the other for retail bazaar use
                  20 Gaj — 1 Mahonuwii.
                                                1. Those used by the Sultan's Customs
                  11* 11 abo madia-1 dollar.
                                                     are:—
                 100 HahoxEAdis —1 toman.
                                                  1 Eiaa - £6 or 8*0371 oca.
         The rate of exchange between the Maria Theresa
       dollar and the rupee varied from Its. 13&-2-0 to   1 Mailat marmd-1144 or 34 kiaa or 8 Iba. 14* ora.
       Rs. 142-12-0 per 100 dollars, the lowest boing in   10 Bulat maonda • 1 Ftmtla
       April and the highest in August.          200 Yulit maanda — 1 mw
          195 r. D.
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